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Bond, L. Montgomery (fl. 1864) [Printed circular number one from the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue of the Great Central Fair, a benefit for the United States Sanitary Commission]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04643.01 Author/Creator: Bond, L. Montgomery (fl. 1864) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Printed document Date: 28 March 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; 29 x 21.7 cm. Order a Copy

The Committee for a Day's Labor requests a donation of one day's earnings from all classes of the community for benefit of the Great Central Fair. Printed on Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue stationery. Lists members of the Committee for a Day's Labor, including Bond (Chairman), John W. Claghorn (Treasurer), Reverend E. W. Hutter (Corresponding Secretary), and McGregor J. Mitcheson (Secretary). Lists the names of honorary Committee members, including Andrew Gregg Curtin (Pennsylvania Governor), Joel Parker (New Jersey Governor), William Cannon (Delaware Governor), Alexander Henry (Philadelphia Mayor), Joseph Ingersoll (former Representative from Pennsylvania), Judge Thomas Preston Carpenter of New Jersey, Judge Samuel Maxwell Harrington of Delaware, and Major-General George G. Meade. Lists all other Committee members on page three. Accompanied by an illustrated Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope addressed to A. J. Everhart. Possibly transmitted in the same envelope as GLC04643.02.

The Great Central Fair for the United States Sanitary Commission opened in June 1864 in Logan Square, Philadelphia. The Fair was held to raise funds for Union soldiers in need of basic necessities and medical supplies.

Bond, L. Montgomery, fl. 1864
Claghorn, John W., fl. 1864
Hutter, E. W., fl. 1864
Mitcheson, McGregor J., fl. 1864
Carpenter, Thomas Preston, 1804-1876
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894
Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881
Harrington, Samuel M. (Samuel Maxwell), 1803-1865
Henry, Alexander, 1739-1824
Ingersoll, Joseph Reed, 1786-1868
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Parker, Joel, 1816-1888

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